I want to offer you more invoking stock options .   When you hired me , you knew you were going to be low on cash , didn't you ?   Let me explain . To get more cash , I'll have to borrow more from Vital , the venture capitalists .   I know how it works . You don't want to give away any more of your future profits than you have to .   Exactly . Instead of increasing their position , I want to increase yours . 